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  • Vicious and Immoral

    Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh

    The fascinating story of a British army chaplain's buggery trial in 1774 reveals surprising truths about early America.On the eve of the American Revolution, the British army considered the case of a chaplain, Robert Newburgh, who had been accused of having sex with a man. Newburgh's enemies cited his flamboyant appearance, defiance of military authority, and seduction of soldiers as proof of his ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Quarters

    The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution

    When Americans declared independence in 1776, they cited King George III "for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us." In Quarters, John Gilbert McCurdy explores the social and political history behind the charge, offering an authoritative account of the housing of British soldiers in America. Providing new interpretations and analysis of the Quartering Act of 1765, McCurdy sheds light ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Vicious and Immoral

    Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh

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    On the eve of the American Revolution, the British army considered the case of a chaplain, Robert Newburgh, who had been accused of having sex with a man. Newburgh's enemies cited his flamboyant appearance, defiance of military authority, and seduction of soldiers as proof of his low character. His opponents claimed that these supposed crimes against nature translated to crimes against the king.In ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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  • 1776

    America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George ... Leer más

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  • Hostages to Fortune

    The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada

    Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada.In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Bunker Hill

    A City, A Siege, A Revolution

    Series Libro 1 - The American Revolution Series
    The bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye tells the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, in this "masterpiece of narrative and perspective." (Boston Globe)**In the opening volume of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns his keen eye to pre-Revolutionary Boston and the spark that ignited the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Washington's Spies

    The Story of America's First Spy Ring

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Turn: Washington’s Spies, now an original series on AMCBased on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and ... Leer más

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  • The Men Who Lost America

    British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire

    Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution.The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving ... Leer más

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  • The North Star

    Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln

    de Julian Sher ...
    **FINALIST FOR THE 2023 MAVIS GALLANT PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 J. W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZE • An Audible Best Audiobook of the YearA riveting account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the unexpected ways Canadians were involved in every aspect of the American Civil War.**Canadians take pride in being on the “good side” ... Leer más

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  • A World on Fire

    Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER10 BEST BOOKS • THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • 2011**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The New Yorker • Chicago Tribune • The Economist • Nancy Pearl, NPR • Bloomberg.com • Library Journal • Publishers WeeklyIn this brilliant narrative, Amanda Foreman tells the fascinating story of the American Civil War—and the major role played by... ... Leer más

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  • How the Irish Won the American Revolution

    A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence

    When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were was very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions of ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Liberty's Exiles

    American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

    de Maya Jasanoff ...
    **NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond. At the end of the American Revolution, sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. Liberty's Exiles tells their story.Maya Jasanoff ... Leer más

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